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BC Honda Open 2011
08-13 Nov, Vancouver, Canada, $20k |
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13-Nov, Final:
Cuskelly claims
Jericho title
Shauna Flath reports
Ryan Cuskelly bt Shahier Razik 11-5; 11-9; 7-7 rtd (30m)
 Australian second seed Ryan
Cuskelly denied the crowd at Vancouver's Jericho Club the
pleasure of a home winner as he beat top seed Shahier Razik in the
final of the PSA $20k BC Honda Open.
It wasn’t epic but a solid performance by Ryan in the first to take
it 11-5. The second was back and forth but again Ryan came out on
top and won 11-9.
Shahier was struggling and tried to get back into them match but hit
a point where he couldn't continue, and at 7-all he offered
his hand to his opponent.
It is not the way Ryan wanted to win and not the way Shahier wanted
to lose, but in the end we had a fantastic week of squash and
congratulations to Ryan winning the title.
What happened ?
From SBD.com.au:
NSW’s Ryan Cuskelly has won the BC Open squash tournament in
Vancouver after a bizarre walk-off by his Canadian opponent.
Cuskelly was leading 11-5 11-9 7-7 when Shahier Razik stormed off
the court after receiving a conduct stroke against him for arguing
with the referees.
The unusual victory was 24-year-old Cuskelly’s seventh of his career
and first since winning the China Open two years ago.
“It was a tough week, especially in the quarter-finals where I was
down 8-3 in the fifth against (Mohamed) Abouelghar and I came back
and won 12-10 to take the match,” Cuskelly said.
“I played my best squash in the final. It was unfortunate to finish
the way it did in the third. Razik got a couple of bad calls then a
conduct stroke and then walked off court, so it was a pretty weird
ending.”
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 BC
Honda Open 2011
08-13 Nov, Vancouver, Canada, $20k |
Round One
10 Nov |
Quarters
11 Nov |
Semis
12 Nov |
Final
13 Nov |
[1] Shahier Razik (Can)
11-4; 11-3; 11-4 23mins
Thomas Brinkman (Can) |
[1] Shahier Razik
11-3; 15-12; 11-7 49
Dane Sharp |
[1] Shahier Razik
11-5; 11-6; 11-5 (34m)
Rasmus Nielsen |
[1] Shahier Razik
11-5; 11-9; 7-7 rtd (30m)
[2] Ryan Cuskelly |
Dane Sharp (Can)
11-5; 11-8; 6-11; 11-9 26mins
[Q] Fred Reid (Can) |
Jens Schoor (Ger)
11-1; 11-7; 13-11 54mins
[Q] Peter Creed (Wal) |
Jens Schoor
11-5; 11-7; 9-11; 13-11 55m
Rasmus Nielsen |
Rasmus Nielsen (Den)
11-2; 11-2; 11-3 19mins
[3] Jan Koukal (Cze) |
[4] Joe Lee (Eng)
11-8; 11-5; 8-11; 12-10 50mins
Andrew Schnell (Can) |
[4] Joe Lee
11-3; 12-10; 13-11 22m
Eddie Charlton |
[4] Joe Lee
11-6; 12-10; 11-3 (54m)
[2] Ryan Cuskelly |
Eddie Charlton (Eng)
11-7; 11-1; 11-7 28 mins
[Q] Geoffrey Demont (Fra) |
Mohamed Abouelgar (Egy)
4-11; 11-9; 12-10; 11-7 47mins
Charles Sharpes (Eng) |
Mohamed Abouelgar
11-9; 11-8; 9-11; 7-11; 12-10 67m
[2] Ryan Cuskelly |
[Q] Declan James (Eng)
11-5; 11-5; 11-3 33mins
[2] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) |
09-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Declan James bt Alex Ingham
11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 10-12, 11-5 (54m)
Fred Reid bt Jonathan Ramos
11-7, 8-11, 14-16, 11-6, 11-8 (51m)
Peter Creed bt David Letourneau
8-11, 3-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-4 (78m)
Geoffrey Dumont bt Tyler Hamilton
9-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8 (39m)
08-Nov, Qualifying Round One:
Peter Creed (Wal) bt Robert
Downer (Eng)
9/11, 11/8, 11/8, 7/11, 11/2
David Letourneau (Can) bt Mark Ridgeway (Can)
3/0
Jonathan Ramos (Mex) bt Ben Marien (Usa)
11/7, 11/6, 11/4
Fred Reid (Can) bt Winston Cabell (Can)
11/6, 11/9, 11/8
Declan James (Eng) bt Matthew Serediak (Can)
11/5, 14/12, 11/7
Alex Ingham (Eng) bt Zac Leman (Can)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7
Geoffrey Demont (Fra) bt Michael Thompson (Can)
11/4, 11/3, 11/8
Tyler Hamilton (Can) bt Mike McCue (Can)
2/11, 3/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/3
2010 Event
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12-Nov, Semis:
Straightforward semis at Jericho
Shauna Flath reports
Straight forward semi-finals tonight at Jericho with 3-0 wins on
both sides of the draw for top seeds Shahier Razik and
Ryan Cuskelly.
Shahier was comfortable in each game, beating Rasmus Neilsen in just
over half an hour. There were a few funny calls in the second game
between Cuskelly and Joe Lee, which the Australian took 12/10 before
closing out the match in just under an hour.
Both guys should have lots in the tank for tomorrow, we are looking
forward to the final and want some excitement and energy like we had
last night.
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11-Nov, Quarters:
Crowd loving it at Jericho
Shauna Flath reports
Let’s start out with precision shot making by Jens Schoor and
outstanding retrieving by Rasmus Neilsen. The gets and the
counter attack played by Rasmus was amazing. Jens fought hard, got a
few calls not in his favor and Rasmus took it in the 4th.
Joe Lee played well against Eddie Charlton but Eddie
was disappointed with his performance. “I played him just at the
World Open and felt I played pretty well. Joe was good today and I
wasn’t it was unfortunate I would’ve liked to have a better
performance”
Match of the night no question was Ryan Cuskelly and Mohamed
Abouelgar. Mohamed was down 2-0 and battled back with
UNBELIEVABLE shotmaking from everywhere off of Mohamed’s racquet and
the speed was the best this crowd has ever seen. UP 7-3 in the 5th
which appeared that Mohamed was going to ull off the upset Ryan dug
in and battled back. At 10 all Mohamed called a double bounce on
himself – a first class move by a first class player. Ryan took the
next point and the match 12-10. It was a emotional roller coaster
for everyone watching the bets were flying around courtside. “It was
unbelievable….just like Ramy” said Cuskelly. “I felt tentative at
times because if I hit is loose he was attacking everything”.
Not bad for the Jericho crowd to witness such a epic and memorable
match on the courts to date. When asked “Why Vancouver and Jericho?”
Mohamed has “heard” that Jericho and Vancouver is a must place to
go. We are very thankful that he decided to come all the way from
Egypt to bring his brilliance on the court and put on a true display
of Egyptian squash. You can come back anytime Mohamed!
Last match of the night, all-Canadian, Shahier Razik and Dane
Sharp … Raz off to his usual steady self…easy..gets the feel and
the points and takes the 1st 11-3. Dane put in a valiant effort in
the 2nd and lost a close one and was in it but Raz took it and then
in the 3rd Dane fizzled out maybe his border crossing excursion took
it out of his legs and he wasn’t the Sharpest and lost 11-7.
It was great night once again at Jericho. Everyone is looking
forward to tomorrow.
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10-Nov, Round One:
Round One at Jericho
Shauna Flath reports
Pretty straight forward night with the top 2 seeds moving through
with ease. The surprise of the night was Rasmus Nielsen defeating
Jan Koukal who seemed out of sorts and not himself. We are not sure
what happened as it appeared that he did not have the “feel” at all
on the court and went down to a easy going solid player with Rasmus.
Jan has been here before and has a lot of Jericho supporters behind
him so we are all hoping that he will have a solid bounce back in
his next event.
The all Canadian battle between Dane and Fred was great for the
fans. Fred put in a spirited effort but Dane cam e through in the
end with a solid performance.
Raz was his usual self solid and Thomas had to work hard for every
point. In the end it was a good learning experience for a young up
and coming Canadian against the more experienced Razik.
Joe came through in a tight fourth and was relieved that he closed
it out. “Andrew got some of the momentum but I was happy to close it
out and didn’t have to go to 5” Andrew is coming up and started to
get the belief in his match and put in a great effort lot’s to come
from him as far as the future of Canadian squash.
Other notables were Ryan Cuskelly with ease and precision on ball
placement that took the match with Declan 3-0. Declan put in a good
fight but Ryan out classed him this evening.
Mohamed did some Egyptian style squash and ripped some
nicks….surprise…NOT…anyways a good effort and a entertaining match
for the fans Charles put in a fantastic effort but just fell short
in the end.
Last match….well we would be up again tonight…..Eddie made quick
work of Peter and won 11-1; 11-7; 13-11 54mins Asked for a
quote….”Bedtime” Well done Eddie and good night.
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09-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Late night at Jericho
Shauna Flath reports
Wow! What a final round of qualifying matches at the BC Honda Open.
Dave Letourneau looked in control of the first two games and
Peter Creed looked like he was ready to throw in the towel
but turned it around in the third. “It was mental my head wasn’t in
it then I thought give it a go then the match turned”.
Peter started to play a bit more aggressive and wear Dave down. Dave
struggled a bit with trying to push back in the rallies but let
Peter take control and Peter took advantage of it and took it home
to close it out in 78mins.
Fred Reid played well and Jonathan Ramos fought hard
but spent a bit too much energy in the third and faltered in the
last two and Fred took in 11/8 in the fifth.
Declan James and Alex Ingham, great match….
Declan solid in the first two then Alex too the next and took
advantage of James’s wrong choices and capitalized to take the next
two. Declan and some sound advice after the fourth from a friend and
buckled down mentally to play disciplined squash and closed out the
match to take it 11-5 in the 5th. “
I felt lost a bit mentally in the 3rd and 4th and played smarter
more disciplined squash in the 5th and it worked in my favor.”
Needless to say that the qualifying was nothing but fantastic for
the packed house at Jericho as we finished the last match at
10:45pm.
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Salut Fram
Encore une journée pas terrible, je perds 3/0. Je n'ai pas
réussi à mettre ma stratégie en place... Des balles trop
approximatives qui lui ont ouvert le court.
Retour en france demain pour reprendre sérieusement
l'entrainement avant de repartir pour trois autres tournois
au Canada et aux US samedi prochain.
Bis
Je me suis qualifié ce soir. Un match en-deça de ce que
j'espérais, mais l'essentiel est d'être rentré dans le main
draw.
Nous devions jouer à 20h, mais les matchs précédents se sont
tous conclus en 5 jeux, ce qui a mis plus d'une heure et
demie de retard sur notre match.
Je n'ai pas bien géré la situation. J'ai du m'échauffer à
plusieurs reprises, rester concentré et lucide mentalement,
avec en même temps la pression qui augmentait; ce qui m'a
donc demandé plus d'énergie que d'habitude... pour
finalement arriver complètement passif dans le premier jeu.
Heureusement que j'ai pu me ressaisir dès l'entame du jeu
suivant. Du coup la suite c'est mieux déroulée, j'ai pu
mettre mon jeu en place.
Demain c'est Jens Schoor; jamais joué mais j'ai entendu dire
qu'il n'était pas mauvais...
Bonne chance aux autres frenchies qui sont éparpillés dans
le monde.
Bis
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